Introduction

Occurrence: ?Lower Cambrian, Middle Cambrian to Recent.

History of changes

Introduction

Occurrence: ?Lower Cambrian, Middle Cambrian to Recent.

History of changes

Introduction

Occurrence: Lower Ordovician to Recent.

History of changes

Introduction

Occurrence: Lower Ordovician to Recent.

History of changes

Introduction

Occurence: ?Mid Cambrian, Later Ordovician to Recent.

Diagnosis

Shell calcareous, punctate, punctae in branchial valve, branching in some Recent genera, arborescently towards distal end. Branchial valve usually conical, pedicle valve subconical or convex when free, conforming to shape of surface of attachment when fixed. Principal muscles consist of two pairs of adductors traversing shell dorsoventrally and two pairs of oblique muscles. Recent species with anus posteriorly placed on mid-line of shell, no marginal setae. From Moore (1965A: H289) and Lee (1986: 143).

Diagnosis References

Lee, D.E. & Brunton, C.H.C. 1986. Neocrania n.gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 40(4): 141-160 [143]

Moore, R.C. 1965. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part H. Brachiopoda. New York : The Geological Society of America, Inc. and The University of Kansas Press Vol. 1 pp. i-xxxii, H1-H521. [H289]

General References

Lee, D.E. & Brunton, C.H.C. 1986. Neocrania n.gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 40(4): 141-160

Moore, R.C. 1965. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part H. Brachiopoda. New York : The Geological Society of America, Inc. and The University of Kansas Press Vol. 1 pp. i-xxxii, H1-H521.

History of changes

• Novocrania Lee, D.E. & Brunton, C.H.C. 2001. Novocrania, new name for the genus Neocrania Lee and Brunton,1986 (Brachiopoda, Craniida); preoccupied by Neocrania Davis, 1978 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology Series) 57(1): 5 [replacement name for Neocrania Lee & Brunton].
• Neocrania Lee, D.E. & Brunton, C.H.C. 1986. Neocrania n.gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 40(4): 141-160 [150] [junior homonym of Neocrania Davis, 1978 (Lepidoptera)].

  Type species:

   Patella anomala Müller, 1776 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Australian Antarctic Territory

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast

General References

Cohen, B.L., Kaulfuss, A. & Lüter, C. 2014. Craniid brachiopods: aspects of clade structure and distribution reflect continental drift (Brachiopoda: Craniiformea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(1): 133-150

History of changes

• Crania lecointei Joubin, L. 1901. Brachiopodes. pp. 1-12, 2 pls in Résultants du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1899. Zoologie. Anvers. [9, pl. 2, figs 13-15].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Antarctic.

  Secondary source:

   Foster, M.W. 1974. Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. Antarctic Research Series 21: 1-189 [43].
• Crania patagonia Dall, W.H. 1902. Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American, in the U.S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24: 499-566 pls 27-40 [Date published 31 Mar. 1902] [562].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 130516, ALBATROSS sta. 2783, Madre de Dion Archipelago, W coast of Chilian Patagonia.

  Secondary source:

   Foster, M.W. 1974. Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. Antarctic Research Series 21: 1-189 [43].
• Crania joubini Thomson, J.A. 1918. Brachiopoda. Australasian Antarctic Expedition Scientific Reports Zoology C 4(3): 1-76 [10, pl. 16, figs 18-19].

  Type data:

   Holotype Antarctic.

  Secondary source:

   Foster, M.W. 1974. Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. Antarctic Research Series 21: 1-189 [45].
• Crania antarcticaensis Adams, A. 1863. On the genera and species of recent Brachiopoda found in the seas of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11: 98-101 [1, pl. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Antarctic.

  Secondary source:

   Foster, M.W. 1974. Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. Antarctic Research Series 21: 1-189 [45].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Foster, M.W. 1974. Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. Antarctic Research Series 21: 1-189 [43]

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise, continental slope, filter-feeder, marine.

General References

Foster, M.W. 1974. Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. Antarctic Research Series 21: 1-189 [43, pl. 2, figs 1-6, text fig. 15] (extensive synonymy, description, distribution, variation, biology, etc.)

Lee, D.E. & Brunton, C.H.C. 1986. Neocrania n.gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 40(4): 141-160 [152] (placed in Neocrania)

History of changes

• Neocrania reevei Lee, D.E. & Brunton, C.H.C. 1986. Neocrania n.gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 40(4): 141-160 [152] [nom. nov. for Crania suessii Reeve, 1862].
• Crania suessi Reeve, L.A. 1862. Monograph of the genus Crania. Pl. 1. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 13. [pl. 1, fig. 2] [junior homonym of Crania suessii Bosquet, 1859].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ZB 1520, Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lee, D.E. & Brunton, C.H.C. 1986. Neocrania n.gen., and a revision of Cretaceous-Recent brachiopod genera in the family Craniidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 40(4): 141-160 [152].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Distribution compiled from AMS collection material and literature.

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, filter-feeder, marine.

General References

Davidson, T. 1887. A monograph of Recent Brachiopoda. Part II. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2 4: 75-182 pls xiv-xxv [192] (Sydney)

Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [113]

Whitelegge, T. 1889. List of the Marine and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of Port Jackson and the Neighbourhood. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23: 1-161 [294] (Sydney)

History of changes